Ticket-case.



G. T. HAINES.

TICKET CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.14, 190B.

'Patented Mal. 2, 1909.

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GEORGE T. HAINES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TICKET-CASE.

Application filed. March 14, 1908.

. troduced to the case and thereafter successively projected from withinthe casing to permit their ready removal therefrom; and to this end theinvention consists in the novel construction and combinations of partshereinafter fully described and claimed.

ln the drawings F igure 1 is a perspective view of my improved ticketcase. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevationthereof. Fig. 4 is a vertical section, as on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is a vertical section as on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is aview similar to Fig. 5 showing the position of the parts when a ticketis projected from the case. F ig. 7 is a transverse section, as on theline 7 7 of Fig. 5.

1 designates the outer casing, the top of which is open. Slidinglyfitted Within the outer casing 1 and movable toward and from the bottomthereof, is a ticket-receiving box 2, which extends through and beyondthe open end or top of the case 1. The box 2 is of suitable shape andsize to receive a pack of tickets of the size for which the case isintended.

One side of the box 2 is open to permit the introduction of a pack oftickets thereto, as will be hereinafter explained. Within the box 2 is aticket-engaging plate 3, which is pressed toward the open side of thebox 2 by the action of springs 6 interposed between the plate 3 and theside Wall 8 of thebox 2.

The outer end 10 of the box 2 is provided with projections 9 betweenwhich and said end 10 is formed a ticket-ejecting opening 11 of a widthsubstantially equal to the thickness of one ticket of the pack oftickets 12 contained within the box 2. The projections 9 and the side 13of the outer casing 1 are in line with each other, and form-wallsbetween which and the plate 3 the pack of tickets 12 is contained, saidtickets being Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 421,148.

pressed yieldingly against the side 13 and projections 9 by the actionof the springs 6, and the outermost ticket of the pack being in linewith the ticket-ejecting opening 11.

The ticket receiving box 2 is pressed normally outwardly through theopen end of the outer casing 1 to the position shown in Figs. 1 to 5inclusive, by the action of suitable springs 14 interposed between thebottom of the box 2 and the bottom of the case 1, and having their lowerends secured to the bottom of the case 1. The further outward movementof the box 2 is prevented, under ordinary handling conditions, by thefriction between the outer case l and the ticket box 2,and the pressureof the tickets contained therein against the side 13. The bottom of theplate 3 is provided with a projection 18 which extends through a slot 19in the bot tom of the box 2 for a purpose hereinafter explained. Securedto the inside of the case 1 and arranged against the side 13 thereof, isa projection or plate l5 of a width substantially equal to the thicknessof one of the tickets of the pack 12, and arranged in line with theticket ejecting-opening 11 and the outermost ticket of the pack 12. Thebottom 16 of the box 2 is provided with an opening 17 through which theprojection 15 may pass when the box 2 moves toward and from the bottomof the casing 1. Thus it will be seen that the box 2 may be pressedtoward the bottom of the case 1 against the action of the springs 14,and that the box will be returned to the position shown by the action ofthe springs 14 when the pressure against the box is removed.

The operation is as follows When a pack of tickets is contained withinthe ticket box 2, as shown in the drawings, the device affords asuitable means for carrying and protecting the tickets. When it isdesired to remove a ticket from the device, the ticket box 2 is presseddownwardly by hand against the action of the springs 14, say to theposition shown in Fig. 6. During the downward movement of the box 2, theprojection or plate 15 will engage the bottom of the outermost ticketand force it outwardly through the opening 11, while the other ticketswill be prevented from moving by the top 10 of the box 2. When theoutermost ticket is proj ected to the position shown in Fig. 6, it maybe readily removed from the device by hand. After the outermost tickethas been thus removed, and the ticket box 2 has been returned from theposition shown inFig. 6 to the position shown in the other figures ofthe drawings, the plate 3 will press the pack of tickets 12 against theprojections 9 and side 13 of the case 1, and bring the next succeedingticket into the position previously occupied by the ticket just removed;whereupon, said next succeeding ticket may be removed in a similarmanner, and so on, until the tickets of the entire pack have beensuccessively removed from the device. When it is desired to introduceanother pack of tickets to the device, the ticket box 2 is withdrawnfrom the outer case 1, the plate 3 is depressed against the action ofthe springs 6, and one end of the pack of tickets is inserted betweenthe plate 3 and the projections 9. This being done, the other end of thepack of tickets is pressed into the box 2 against the action of theplate 3 and springs 6, until the outer face of the outermost ticket isflush with the inner faces of the projections 9 whereupon the box 2 isagain inserted into the outer casing 1 wherein the inner face of theside 13 of the casing retains the outermost ticket in line with theticket-ejecting openingll. When there are no tickets contained withinthe box 2 and the box 2 has been removed from the outer casing 1, theplate 3 is prevented from leaving the box by the projections 9 engagingone end of the plate 3 and the projection 18 on the other end of theplate 3 engaging the Wall of the slot 19.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to securebyLetters Patentz- 1. In a ticket case, the combination of an outercasing having an open end, a ticket box within said casing and extendingthrough and beyond said open end, one side of said box being open, aticket-engaging plate within said box, a spring pressing said platetoward the open side of the box, a wall of the casing closing the innerportion of the open side of the box and forming an abutment againstwhich tickets within the box may be pressed by said plate, the outer endo'l' said box being provided with a ticketeejecting opening in line witha ticket pressed against said wall, and means operated by the 'inwardmovement of said box for projecting a ticket through said opening.

2. In a ticket case, the combination of an outer casing having an openend, a ticket box within said casing and extending through and beyondsaid open end, one side of said box being open, a ticket-"engaging platewithin said box, a spring pressing said plate toward the open side ofthe box, a wall of the casing closing the inner portion of the open sideof the box and forming an abutment against which tickets within the boxmay be pressed by said plate, the outer end of said box being providedwith a ticket-ejecting opening in line with a ticket pressed againstsaid wall, and a ticket-ejecting plate within the casing inwardly ofsaid box and in line with the ticket-ejecting opening.

3. In a ticket case, the combination of an outer casing having an openend, a ticket box within said casing and extending through and beyondsaid open end, one side of said box being open, a ticket-engaging platewithin said box, a spring pressing said plate toward the open side ofthe box, a wall of the casing closing the inner portion of the open sideof the box and forming an abutment against which tickets within the boxmay be pressed by said plate, the outer portion of said box beingprovided with profi jections between which and the outer end of the boxis formed a ticket-ejecting opening in line with a ticketpressed'against said wall and said projections, and means operated bythe inward movement of said box for projecting a ticket through saidopening.

4. In a ticket case, the combination of an outer casing having an openend, a ticket box within said casing and extending through and beyondsaid open end, one side oi' said box being open, a ticket-engaging platewithin said box, a spring pressing said plate toward the open side ofthe box, a wall of the casing closing the inner portion of' the openside oi the box and forming an abutment against which tickets within thebox may be pressed by said plate, the outer end of said box beingprovided with a ticketej ecting opening in line with a ticket pressedagainst said wall, means operated by the inward movement of said box forprojecting a ticket through said opening, and means limiting themovement oi said plate toward the open side oi the box when the box iswithdrawn from the casing.

In testimony whereof, l have hereunto affixed my signature.

GEORGE T. HAINES.

Witnesses SADIE I. HARPER, ELLA M. WARE.

